Combined weather-strip and threshold.



No. 672,759. Patented Apr. 23, IQOI.

A. FRYSLIE.

COMBINED WEATHER STRIP AND THRESHOLD.

hcatnon filed Sept. 16, 1 97 Renewed Mar. 21, 1901 7 r-7 /o D IJFMrWIWZW,

UNITED STATES ATENT UFFICE.

ANDREW FRYSLIE, OF DOWS, IOWA.

COMBINED WEATHER-STRIP AND THRESHOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 672,759, dated April23, 1901. Application filed September 16, 1897. Renewed March 21, 1901.Serial No. 52,269. (No model.)

1'0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW FRYSLIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dows, in the county of Wright and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Weather Stripand Threshold; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to thresholds of that character or descriptionwhich are made in two parts, one of which is fixed to the doorsill andthe other hinged or pivotally connected therewith and provided withmeans whereby this hinged section is slightly elevated when the door isclosed, so as to prevent rain or snow from getting beneath the latter.

The novelty in the present instance resides in the peculiar constructionand the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of adoor-frame and door provided with myimprovement, the door being shownclosed. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section of the same, the door beingclosed. Fig. 3 is a similar view, the door being opened. Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view showing one end of the stationary section. Fig.5 is a similar view of the other end.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral l'designates a door-frame; 2,the side rails thereof; 3, thetop rail, and at the sill.

The numeral 5 designates the fixed section of the threshold, formed atthe inner side With beveled upwardly-extending flanges 6 and 7, formedat each end with a lug 8, one of which lugs is formed with a slot 9 andthe other with a hole 10. These lugs at the outer end are formed withstops 19.

The numeral 11 designates the movable section, curved as seen andprovided at each end with a stud 13, one of which engages with the slot9 and the other with the hole 10, whereby the said section 11 ispivotally connected with the fixed section. One end of the pivotedsection is formed with a flange 14, which projects over onto the saidfixed section and is adapted to be struck by the end of the door whenthe latter is closed, and the said section be thereby elevated or turnedupward on its pivots. Said lugs are also formed with beveled recesses15, which serve to conduct any water striking the side edges of the doordown between the pivoted and stationary sections of the threshold. Thesaid threshold-sections are preferably made of cast metal, although thisin not essential, as any other material found convenient .may beemployed.

In practice the section 5 is secured to the door-sill in anysuitablemanner and the piv- Qted section connected therewith by engaging thestuds thereof with the slot and hole in the section 5. When the door isclosed, it will strike the flange 14, elevating the section and the doorprojecting over and beyond the fixed section, so that any water whichmay escape or pass between the upper edge of said pivoted section andthe door will not drop or fall upon the fixed section, but will beconducted down between the two sections and will escape under the edgeof the pivoted section, the beveled flange of the fixed sectionpreventing the Water from getting under this section.

From the above it will be seen that the pivoted threshold-section servesas a Weatherstrip, whereby rain and snow are effectually prevented fromentering under the door.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. A combinedthreshold and weather-strip, comprising in combination a fixed sectionformed at each end with a lug ext-ending at right angles therefrom, eachlug with a beveled recess extending at right angles to and in proximityto a beveled flange on the inner side of the said section, and a movablesection pivotally mounted in said lugs of the fixed section and providedat one end with a flange projecting over the fixed section to be engagedand elevated by the end of the door as the latter is closed,substantially as specified.

2w Acombined threshold and weather-strip comprising in combination afixed section formed upon its inner face with a beveled flange 7, andnear each end with a flange extending atright angles therefrom, each ofsaid flanges having a beveled recess at its junction l reznovablypivoted in the lugs of the fixed sec- 10 with the said section, one ofsaid flanges 01' tion, substantially as shown and described. lugs beingformed with a vertically-disposed In testimony whereof I affix mysignature slot and the other with a hole upon its under in presence oftwo witnesses.

5 side and a stop-lug above the same, and a movable section formed atone end with a lug ANDREW FRYSLIE' to be engaged by the door and at itsends with Witnesses: studs one engaging insaid slot and the other D. W.BOWEN, in said hole whereby the movable section is U. H. RUMMEL.

